Journal
NUTRITION
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 133-136Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.004
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Thiamine deficiency; Critical illness; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK040561, P30 DK040561-14] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [P30DK040561] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Objective: Thiamine is an essential component of cellular metabolism, and lack of this vitamin results in a potentially life-threatening biochemical lesion The stress of surgery and critical disease depletes electrolytes, minerals, and essential biochemical substrates We hypothesized that critical illness (represented by major surgery) would result in decreased thiamine levels over time Methods: We performed a prospective, observational study of serial thiamine levels of 15 patients who underwent non-emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery The primary endpoint was change in thiamine levels from before to immediately after surgery. Secondary endpoints included change in thiamine levels from presurgical to 6- and 24-h time points Results: Of the 15 study patients. I did not have a plasma thiamine measurement at time 0 because of laboratory error and could not be accounted for in paired comparisons over time Plasma thiamine levels decreased significantly from before to after coronary artery bypass grafting (P = 0 0004). In addition, there was a statistically significant decrease in thiamine levels horn before surgery to 24 h (P = 0.003) Conclusion: Our data suggest that major surgery (as a surrogate for the stress of critical illness) depletes thiamine levels; further study is needed to determine whether routine replacement of thiamine in the critically ill is warranted (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.
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